Mines is 70% from day 1 at big chop to day 1000+ it’s still at ear length when I do a wash n go. The longer length changed nothing… and I still feel some type of way about it
@@Urmomdot.com69 yes but that has nothing to do with shrinkage. That straight ends can be caused from a variety of damaging things we do to our hair like heat and color even the wrong kind of technique while cutting curly hair with mess up your curl pattern. But shrinkage is a sign of health.
@@darcelharmon yeah that's what I mean, the unhealthy hair has less elasticity. I didn't know the technique used to cut hair could affect curl pattern tho that's rlly interesting
Exactly they say put my daughters hair in braids so it can be trained to get longer , I’m like I love showing off their natural kinky curls 😒 leave my daughters hair alone .
Trained hair is probably damaged hair. I've had curly hair my whole life and only experienced less shrinkage when I moved to the desert due to the lack of humidity. Folks don't believe it's butt length until I flat iron it, but who cares. Rock the curls😂
How you train hair in braids?? I used to wear wash n gos when I first big chopped but it was just a time management issue to do wash n goes as my hair grew longer. Now I wear plaits and twist outs only. The only thing I trained was my time management skills. Hair doesn’t need training to grow just a solid consistent routine.
Yup, I stretch it sometimes to see how far it goes but I don’t see any difference unless I actually blow dry and straighten it, which is like 1-2 times a year now
It’s not the same for everyone. My curls change the longer it gets, it ends up weighed down when it passes a certain length. I have fine, 4b hair with sections of 4a
I know. I shared my hair types for reference. Especially since it’s the same as hers, to illustrate the point that the same hair types can behave differently.
@@emanf3 Yes you are correct. Everyone isnt gonna experience more shrinkage as their hair grows. I have 3C/4A hair and baby my hair is a shrinker. Its almost to the middle of my back when straightened, but when its at complete shrinkage, I cant even put my hair in a damn ponytail.
I know a lot of ppl with especially kinky hair dont like that their hair looks short due to shrinkage, but yall have the MOST beautiful curls. I have curls too, but theyre looser and finer and i gotta define them all to really get them popping. But yalls hair!! Its beautiful. I love the curls.
so true, my hair grows into an afro, not long enough to weigh down yet and people alllll the time will ask me when i’m gonna start growing my hair out. like girl i’ve been growing this shit out for years you just can’t tell🌝🌚
that's encouraging to hear (about shrinkage). yesterday's the first time I did a blow dry in years and it was past my shoulders too. Almost bra-length. I was super proud of myself, having started with a clean shaven head last January
it depends. Looser curls do have less shrinkage because of the weight of their hair pulling them down. This can also be true with type 4 hair but isn’t always the case
@@britttanyrose It actually can be because of the weight of the hair depending on how loose the hair is, looser textures take less weight to be stretched
@@britttanyrose respectfully disagree. If the same curl pattern is tighter when it is shorter this is evidence of the weight of the hair causing it to elongate
@@pitfulll6859 Exactly. The longer the hair, the heavier the hair and the more mass there is to be pulled downward ie; gravity. Curls get stretched out because it gets weighted down. My curls become looser in pattern the longer my hair gets and when I cut it, the curls tighten up.
It's time yall let go over this shrinkage obsession. It is what it is. it's a sign that ur hair is healthy, and it's natural. we already have a thousand things we can do with our hair, it's not that big of a deal, it's just another style or state of being. let it exist in peace, i find it cute, actually, like a snail curling into its shell to hide for protection 🩷
Yes with water and heavy products like gels. Itll be even worse fresh out the shower. I finally got xollar bone length and it looks the same as my twa 😢
This is EXACTLY what versatility means! Its not just very short then very long there's an in between! You can dry your hair at whatver length and it will STAY there until its wet again cause we have that type of range! Who else can do that? Smh black girl magic right there!!😍😍
This is only true untill your hair gets very very long. Long hair is heavy so once it gets extra long there's more weight meaning the curls get pulled out a bit. Perfectly normal, the hair is still healthy, just weighs more!
Try using senna as your deep conditioning. It’s neutral henna so no color but all the pros of henna. It wraps your hair in PERMANENT protein. Makes hair shiny and fills in cuticles. So it makes your hair heavier which can help stretch your hair by weighing it down. It doesn’t change hair patterns but it can slightly change texture.
Yes it is for me. I have smaller coils than the girl in the video and my hair gets less shrinkage when its longer than 13 inches. My hair is fine and not thick.
@@rue80 thanks. That’s what I was thinking. I also have fine hair and small coils, and I have a lot of shrinkage, but I noticed it stretches easily. Just haven’t kept it long since I was young so idk if it would get stretched over time. Maybe fineness makes all the difference
if your curls are naturally looser than that, it would make a difference as it gets longer because of the weight of it. my curls are quite loose compared to yours but when it was shorter it would shrink quite a bit but now its longer the curls generally just look looser and its weighed down a bit.
It does change when your hair gets heavier. My 3rd time doing a big chop. That’s why a lot of our hair look different when we rock the short styles vs when it grows out. Conditioning & hot oils treatments will change it also.
I guess I agree for when the hair is dry. But I feel like my curl was a little looser when longer with products in and when wet. Yeah once it dries though it’s a wrap! I’m back to 2 inches 😂
I think it depends on the hairtype, curl pattern, etc. my hair is 3B, and the longer it gets, the less shrinkage i get because of the weight of it pulling at the curls at the top of my head. Meanwhile my sister has thick 3c hair and has the same shrinkage regardless of length. And my brother has 3c hair that works the same as mine.
I was just over the moon when my hair finally sat right on my shoulders after the shrinkage. No more stretching methods or tugging on it all day trying to relax the curl. I’m definitely team healthy hair over long hair but IJS this was a milestone for my hair growth journey. 🙏🏽 I finally understand now that some people’s hair grows long and some people’s hair grows upwards and gets fuller . I may never have bra strap length hair ever again (because I’m 50) at least not without heat. But I’m grateful for the health and fullness
I can’t wait for my hair to grow longer. My last relaxer was in May and I’ve been wearing box braids since. Washing every two weeks at least with the brains in and doing them over one by one. But I completely took them out to do a protein treatment and deep conditioning, and the difference in my natural roots and shaft vs my permed ends was crazy. I like my curl pattern, I still can’t wait for it. In the braids all summer, I got a good 4 inches of growth.
the thing is curly hair actually shrinks less as it grows long and heavy, so the curl pattern appears looser as well. however, our hair is coily not curly.
Just realized that this a few days ago. Hair been braided 4 over a year. During my current rebraid left out 2. Hair is past BSL but dried as shoulder length. Was not feeling it to say the least 😂 out natural hair is beautiful but shrinkage is the devil 😈
Hey y'all, the beauty is in the struggle.. So when I have shrinkage after washing (the whole routine) and twisting my 4c hair, I just retwist it after it dries. It stretches it out quite a bit and it's fluffy and elastic. I used to be like let me hurry up and blow it out or hotcomb before it gets too tight but I don't fret with that like I used to. I've learned how to deal with and love my hair.
So true! My first time going natural I didn’t flat iron it for two years, and I thought my hair wasn’t growing because I reverted instead big chopping. So I go to flat iron my hair for Christmas Day the second year and my hair was down my back!😂😂😂😂 The shrinkage deceived me🤦🏽♀️
my hair looks a bit longer when it got longer, it may be bc I do twist outs on my curls all the time as my routine and the twists look longer but this doesn’t seem to apply to me
I know your frustration. stretched it's shoulder blade length, but dry it shrinks above my ears. I can never get it any longer. Even if I do the tension banding all that. She likes to be shrunken like a helmet.
It’s encouraging to watch this video and see these comments. Even though I mostly watch positive content on TH-cam, I’ve been feeling that I need a serious social media break including TH-cam. More prayer, quiet time and reading for me!
Your hair is so beautiful tho I love natural like that jus like my baby girl hair I didn’t realize how much it grew until I was washing it and yea it looked like her shoulder length but it was down to her lower back it’s beautiful embrace ur beauty luv
Nah man shrinkage is good n wmit kinda also protects our hair as it grows long cause it could be long as hell n when you leave it out it barely touches you shoulders reventing rubbing and breakage
usually people see less shrinkage/looser curls as hair getting heavier and weighed down as it grows. or its because our hair grows upwards before it hangs and thr hanging is usually seen as less shrinkage.
3b/3c here, the shrinkage is deceptive and inconsistent. When my hair got longer, i did notice some loosening of my curl pattern day 1-2, but right around day 3-whenever i give a damn to wash it, it ends up shrinking more like the regular program
I thought my hair ws short for the longest time till I silk pressed it it’s way down my back I was just never told about my curl pattern because my mom have curls but very light ones and here I am with my 4c hair
Yes i can agree when your talking about a tighter curl but from my personal experience. Once my hair grew pass that armpit length I didn’t worry about shrinkages. The weight stretched my hair.
NO LIES! I remeber i was on a hair growth journey in my late twenties. Kept a bun with the ends bagged in conditioner FOR A YR. Swore i was stagnant and notice no real change. Got a friend to silk press me. BOOM RAPUNZEL!😮
If I pull my hair down it's stops right above my belly button but if I let it go it doesn't even reach my shoulders. I have really tightly Coiled 4c rather than the 4c that's fluffy s-shape curls. Finding out my hair will always look short no matter what length it is definitely put a sour taste in my mouth. I used to see girls with the same texture having hair that hung so low but when they pull it, it barely goes anywhere, so I just believed growing my hair would make it, idk, 'heavier'. I know 'shrinkage is good and it means your hair is healthy' but I just wanna actually see my length without stretching it first😭 I'm not gonna purposely try and get it damaged or anything (cuz that's really kinda sad) but just 50% shrinkage would be heavenly for me.
Can you do a tutorial on how you got you hair in a puff? Mine is long and my puff weird. It was easier when my hair was short but now it’s very long and doesn’t do like yours even though you hair is very long. Pretty please can you show us how you did yours? 🩶🩶
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Leave that hair natural chica. Looks amazing.
My hair shrinks about 90 percent. So it really makes no difference as it grows.
Mines is 70% from day 1 at big chop to day 1000+ it’s still at ear length when I do a wash n go. The longer length changed nothing… and I still feel some type of way about it
same
Same, it’s the worst‼️😩
Facts my hair has grown a lot but once it dries you could never tell it was as long as it was when I got out the shower lol
I had the same problem with loose natural. I got locs now and see my hair growing
time to embrace shrinkage it’s a sign of healthy hair. when your hair doesn’t do that anymore then you should be worried
Yup! Elasticity is a sign of health!
EXACTLY!!! Shrinkage is not the enemy! Just a sign the hair is healthy ❤️
Oh no what should I do because my hair barely shrinks
My hair is like shoulder length when i take my braids out and when i wash it shrinks but when i pull, its not pretty or cool or satisfying
NO. I've been fighting for long hair my whole life I stg
Shrinkage is a good thing. It shows one of the signs of healthy hair. Elasticity.
I see a lot of ppl with curly hair that have straighter ends indicating dmg
@@Urmomdot.com69 yes but that has nothing to do with shrinkage. That straight ends can be caused from a variety of damaging things we do to our hair like heat and color even the wrong kind of technique while cutting curly hair with mess up your curl pattern. But shrinkage is a sign of health.
@@darcelharmon yeah that's what I mean, the unhealthy hair has less elasticity. I didn't know the technique used to cut hair could affect curl pattern tho that's rlly interesting
@@Urmomdot.com69 yeah I found out the hard way
Wish my hair was damaged then😔🤦♀️
Exactly they say put my daughters hair in braids so it can be trained to get longer , I’m like I love showing off their natural kinky curls 😒 leave my daughters hair alone .
Trained hair is probably damaged hair. I've had curly hair my whole life and only experienced less shrinkage when I moved to the desert due to the lack of humidity. Folks don't believe it's butt length until I flat iron it, but who cares. Rock the curls😂
Exactly I remember hearing about that to especially when you dye your curls
How you train hair in braids?? I used to wear wash n gos when I first big chopped but it was just a time management issue to do wash n goes as my hair grew longer. Now I wear plaits and twist outs only. The only thing I trained was my time management skills. Hair doesn’t need training to grow just a solid consistent routine.
I don’t know these are people that unfortunately don’t like rockin the natural hair and gotta cover it with weaves and braids all the time
When you braid your hair the hair should go back to its natural curl pattern when you add water unless you use relaxer or heat
Trueeee! My hair is between bra strap length & waist length, and it still shrinks up to my neck.
Mine too.
Same!😂
Mines is to my ears and I’m at bra strap length right now 😭😭 if gravity ain’t strong enough idk what is
It’s so disrespectful😂
Mine too! 😩🤦🏽♀️
So true my hair has been the same "length" in wash n gos for 4 years now 🤣. I don't even really notice growth until it's time to straighten n trim
Right 😂
Yup, same! I’ve been Natural for almost 10 years now and Idkh long my hair is until I blow dry it 😩🤦🏽♀️
Yup, I stretch it sometimes to see how far it goes but I don’t see any difference unless I actually blow dry and straighten it, which is like 1-2 times a year now
@@breannaflores4175is straightening your hair 1-2 times a good choice? I been thinking on how often should I straighten it
What I love about my hair is this: I want it long, add heat, I want it short add water. Love the versatility 😊
My hair is almost waist length and it still looks like I have chin length hair when it's wet 😭
That unreal
this the type of sh- that have me looking at relaxers now 😂😂
😂😥
Too much
So true! Sometimes I feel like it shrinks more. 🤷🏽 😂
Same😂
It depends honestly. Personally as my hair gets longer it elongates a little.
Yes it definitely depends! Mine is the same as yours (medium porosity 4a/3c for reference).
The weight of your hair could be collapsing your curl pattern causing the elonogation.
Yeah gravity
@@melancholygirl7793extending not collapsing
It’s not the same for everyone. My curls change the longer it gets, it ends up weighed down when it passes a certain length. I have fine, 4b hair with sections of 4a
She has 4b/4a as well
I know. I shared my hair types for reference. Especially since it’s the same as hers, to illustrate the point that the same hair types can behave differently.
@@emanf3 Yes you are correct. Everyone isnt gonna experience more shrinkage as their hair grows. I have 3C/4A hair and baby my hair is a shrinker. Its almost to the middle of my back when straightened, but when its at complete shrinkage, I cant even put my hair in a damn ponytail.
I like shrinkage. It makes my hair look so full.
I know a lot of ppl with especially kinky hair dont like that their hair looks short due to shrinkage, but yall have the MOST beautiful curls. I have curls too, but theyre looser and finer and i gotta define them all to really get them popping. But yalls hair!! Its beautiful. I love the curls.
It is not just about the look, it's about the maintenance that is too much and the Knots and tangles that comes with it.
@@HereDiianas this post is literally about the look..... Hair still looking the same length even though it has grown😂
so true, my hair grows into an afro, not long enough to weigh down yet and people alllll the time will ask me when i’m gonna start growing my hair out. like girl i’ve been growing this shit out for years you just can’t tell🌝🌚
years and years and years and years!!! still above my nose. lol
Chill
Shrinkage means healthy hair...
I love my twa that's actually past my shoulders, lol
that's encouraging to hear (about shrinkage).
yesterday's the first time I did a blow dry in years and it was past my shoulders too. Almost bra-length. I was super proud of myself, having started with a clean shaven head last January
@Nazar that's incredible progress, congrats! Clip the ends while it's blown out && then shrink it back! Lol
@@NazarofGod congrats ❤️
This makes me wonder how long Rapunzel‘s hair would be if it was curly.
Right. U can be thigh length and have a shoulder length twist out 🤷🏾♀️. It is what it is. Stretch,blowout or flat iron to show length
I love shrinkage makes us unique✨💛 aint gon lie tho that junk be annoying at times
😂😂😂
4c hair here, mine shrinks 95 percent, its super coily
gotta love it tho. Use the banding method I show on my channel works for coily hair.
it depends. Looser curls do have less shrinkage because of the weight of their hair pulling them down. This can also be true with type 4 hair but isn’t always the case
They have less shrinkage bc their hair is looser not bc of the weight of the hair if that masked sense
@@britttanyrose It actually can be because of the weight of the hair depending on how loose the hair is, looser textures take less weight to be stretched
@@britttanyrose respectfully disagree. If the same curl pattern is tighter when it is shorter this is evidence of the weight of the hair causing it to elongate
@@ciaras3170Yes I have 4C hair and I have noticed it, especially when it's wet it weighs so much
@@pitfulll6859 Exactly. The longer the hair, the heavier the hair and the more mass there is to be pulled downward ie; gravity. Curls get stretched out because it gets weighted down. My curls become looser in pattern the longer my hair gets and when I cut it, the curls tighten up.
It's time yall let go over this shrinkage obsession. It is what it is. it's a sign that ur hair is healthy, and it's natural. we already have a thousand things we can do with our hair, it's not that big of a deal, it's just another style or state of being. let it exist in peace, i find it cute, actually, like a snail curling into its shell to hide for protection 🩷
We don't have to let go of nothing. we can all do what we want. that's why it's a free country.
But isn't the hair strand heavier if it's longer? You still get shrinkage but the shrinkage gets longer.
Yes with water and heavy products like gels. Itll be even worse fresh out the shower. I finally got xollar bone length and it looks the same as my twa 😢
@@NoName-sp5dp Yes, gel shrinkage is disrespectful, LOL.
if it's shrinking it's healthy! that's a wonderful thing!
Yes, I grew my hair out specifically so I can have longer curls and they still were about 3 to 4 inches
same. after 12 years i'm giving up and broke out the butter blend for tex lax hahaha
This is EXACTLY what versatility means! Its not just very short then very long there's an in between! You can dry your hair at whatver length and it will STAY there until its wet again cause we have that type of range! Who else can do that? Smh black girl magic right there!!😍😍
This is only true untill your hair gets very very long. Long hair is heavy so once it gets extra long there's more weight meaning the curls get pulled out a bit.
Perfectly normal, the hair is still healthy, just weighs more!
I LOVE that about our hair. We can literally go from waist length hair to a chin length bob overnight and vice versa. We are so blessed.🖤
my hair shrinks so much that i think it’ll never truly look long 😭
Try using senna as your deep conditioning. It’s neutral henna so no color but all the pros of henna. It wraps your hair in PERMANENT protein. Makes hair shiny and fills in cuticles. So it makes your hair heavier which can help stretch your hair by weighing it down. It doesn’t change hair patterns but it can slightly change texture.
Thank you
Thank you for reminding me of the three boxes of henna tucked away in my hair bin.
Some people say when their hair grows longer it gets heavier and stretches a bit that way, is that true for some then?
Yes it is for me. I have smaller coils than the girl in the video and my hair gets less shrinkage when its longer than 13 inches. My hair is fine and not thick.
@@rue80 thanks. That’s what I was thinking. I also have fine hair and small coils, and I have a lot of shrinkage, but I noticed it stretches easily. Just haven’t kept it long since I was young so idk if it would get stretched over time. Maybe fineness makes all the difference
Nah cause my blowout gives me mid-back length but my curls give me eyebrow💀😂
if your curls are naturally looser than that, it would make a difference as it gets longer because of the weight of it. my curls are quite loose compared to yours but when it was shorter it would shrink quite a bit but now its longer the curls generally just look looser and its weighed down a bit.
She is gorgeous
My hair gets straighter at the top the longer it gets. Less shrinking for me. That’s why I keep it short. Looks nicer and curls more
It does change when your hair gets heavier. My 3rd time doing a big chop. That’s why a lot of our hair look different when we rock the short styles vs when it grows out. Conditioning & hot oils treatments will change it also.
You still will have some type of shrinkage being natural
I think it applies for people with looser curl patterns.
True because their hair actually gets heavier.
What hair type
Everyone agreeing cos we know the struggle
My hair surprisingly doesn’t have a lot of shrinkage maybe 30-40% so I’ve always wanted that dramatic hair pull
I guess I agree for when the hair is dry. But I feel like my curl was a little looser when longer with products in and when wet. Yeah once it dries though it’s a wrap! I’m back to 2 inches 😂
I do think that my curl pattern changes as my hair is longer, but probably because it's not that strong. You have amazing hair
Tell me why I look bald waking up, then Alex the Lion after a shower. 😂❤
Your curls are so beautiful!
I think it depends on the hairtype, curl pattern, etc. my hair is 3B, and the longer it gets, the less shrinkage i get because of the weight of it pulling at the curls at the top of my head. Meanwhile my sister has thick 3c hair and has the same shrinkage regardless of length. And my brother has 3c hair that works the same as mine.
I was just over the moon when my hair finally sat right on my shoulders after the shrinkage. No more stretching methods or tugging on it all day trying to relax the curl.
I’m definitely team healthy hair over long hair but IJS this was a milestone for my hair growth journey. 🙏🏽
I finally understand now that some people’s hair grows long and some people’s hair grows upwards and gets fuller . I may never have bra strap length hair ever again (because I’m 50) at least not without heat. But I’m grateful for the health and fullness
Beautiful NATURAL hair. Yessssssss
It only stops the shrinkage if the curl pattern is changed. That can happen with chemical or heat damage. It can also happen with age or illness.
Girl preach. This drives me crazy 😢
These curls are the cutest in the world. Happy curls. Awesome. 😊
We'd all love that! 😩
I can’t wait for my hair to grow longer. My last relaxer was in May and I’ve been wearing box braids since. Washing every two weeks at least with the brains in and doing them over one by one. But I completely took them out to do a protein treatment and deep conditioning, and the difference in my natural roots and shaft vs my permed ends was crazy. I like my curl pattern, I still can’t wait for it. In the braids all summer, I got a good 4 inches of growth.
the thing is curly hair actually shrinks less as it grows long and heavy, so the curl pattern appears looser as well. however, our hair is coily not curly.
Nah I have curly (3c/3b/4a) hair and mine definitely still shrinks but not as much as it used to.
It depends on if you baby heavy hair or not. My hair doesn’t shrink unless it’s bob length.
Just realized that this a few days ago. Hair been braided 4 over a year. During my current rebraid left out 2. Hair is past BSL but dried as shoulder length. Was not feeling it to say the least 😂 out natural hair is beautiful but shrinkage is the devil 😈
Gotta love it 😆… Use the banding method I show on my channel
Hey y'all, the beauty is in the struggle.. So when I have shrinkage after washing (the whole routine) and twisting my 4c hair, I just retwist it after it dries. It stretches it out quite a bit and it's fluffy and elastic. I used to be like let me hurry up and blow it out or hotcomb before it gets too tight but I don't fret with that like I used to. I've learned how to deal with and love my hair.
I actually get less shrinkage the longer my hair grows. The curls are popping, but to get that bounce I need layers.
So true! My first time going natural I didn’t flat iron it for two years, and I thought my hair wasn’t growing because I reverted instead big chopping. So I go to flat iron my hair for Christmas Day the second year and my hair was down my back!😂😂😂😂 The shrinkage deceived me🤦🏽♀️
my hair looks a bit longer when it got longer, it may be bc I do twist outs on my curls all the time as my routine and the twists look longer but this doesn’t seem to apply to me
My loose hair shrank 85% , its been micro locked 1 yr and it still shrinks like 65%. Only a 20% increase feels craazy like wtf 🤣🤣
I know your frustration. stretched it's shoulder blade length, but dry it shrinks above my ears. I can never get it any longer. Even if I do the tension banding all that. She likes to be shrunken like a helmet.
It’s encouraging to watch this video and see these comments.
Even though I mostly watch positive content on TH-cam, I’ve been feeling that I need a serious social media break including TH-cam.
More prayer, quiet time and reading for me!
When I was younger I swore by this 😂 I have crazy shrinkage.. it’s definitely a lie 😅
For me, my hair doesn’t shrink as much now that it’s longer, but my hair pattern has stayed the same if anything it’s actually tighter
This is 100% true!!! SPOT ON.
Your hair is so beautiful tho I love natural like that jus like my baby girl hair I didn’t realize how much it grew until I was washing it and yea it looked like her shoulder length but it was down to her lower back it’s beautiful embrace ur beauty luv
😍😍😍 Your hair is so lovely. May Jesus continue to bless you with beautiful, healthy hair as you serve Him faithfully. 😊
I didn’t want to hear this but needed to hear this.
Well with more hair it will be a lil heavier, so it DOES look a lil longer, but not CRAZY long while shrunken. I still appreciate my shrinkage😁👍🏾
Maybe for your hair but I found when my hair was long the length weighed down my curls.
Nah man shrinkage is good n wmit kinda also protects our hair as it grows long cause it could be long as hell n when you leave it out it barely touches you shoulders reventing rubbing and breakage
Beautiful!
usually people see less shrinkage/looser curls as hair getting heavier and weighed down as it grows. or its because our hair grows upwards before it hangs and thr hanging is usually seen as less shrinkage.
3b/3c here, the shrinkage is deceptive and inconsistent. When my hair got longer, i did notice some loosening of my curl pattern day 1-2, but right around day 3-whenever i give a damn to wash it, it ends up shrinking more like the regular program
I thought my hair ws short for the longest time till I silk pressed it it’s way down my back I was just never told about my curl pattern because my mom have curls but very light ones and here I am with my 4c hair
That’s why I been looking like curly hairs Dora the explorer for some years😭
Yep that's right it stays same shape so doesn't look longer until stretched, it should look thicker though
i have a love hate relationship with shrinkage 😭
Yes i can agree when your talking about a tighter curl but from my personal experience. Once my hair grew pass that armpit length I didn’t worry about shrinkages. The weight stretched my hair.
NO LIES! I remeber i was on a hair growth journey in my late twenties. Kept a bun with the ends bagged in conditioner FOR A YR. Swore i was stagnant and notice no real change. Got a friend to silk press me. BOOM RAPUNZEL!😮
I think normal and thick strands + high density hair grows out. But thin strands + normal and low density grows downwards
You look super cute 🥰
I’m screwed at this point. 😭🤣💀
I would love to have a little hang time. Mine just looks like a tiny Afro. 😢
use the banding method that's what I do
your hair stay cute af tho
i had to learn this the long way😭 it's kinda sad, but it is what is is
Yeah it sucks. I can relate.
It depends on your hair type and curl pattern because my hair doesn’t want to shrink as much as I want it to cause I don’t be liking so much frizz
Tutorial please ❤
It’s posted🥰
Your so right..shrinkage ain't going no where.
Depends on texture. My curl pattern stretches as it grows.
Some people curl pattern gets looser. Depends on the person
If I pull my hair down it's stops right above my belly button but if I let it go it doesn't even reach my shoulders. I have really tightly Coiled 4c rather than the 4c that's fluffy s-shape curls.
Finding out my hair will always look short no matter what length it is definitely put a sour taste in my mouth. I used to see girls with the same texture having hair that hung so low but when they pull it, it barely goes anywhere, so I just believed growing my hair would make it, idk, 'heavier'.
I know 'shrinkage is good and it means your hair is healthy' but I just wanna actually see my length without stretching it first😭 I'm not gonna purposely try and get it damaged or anything (cuz that's really kinda sad) but just 50% shrinkage would be heavenly for me.
Shrinkage really out to get all of us curly kinky heads and it’s NOT FAIR! 😭
Love your natural hair ❤❤❤
Can you do a tutorial on how you got you hair in a puff? Mine is long and my puff weird. It was easier when my hair was short but now it’s very long and doesn’t do like yours even though you hair is very long. Pretty please can you show us how you did yours? 🩶🩶
my curls definitely get weight down when it gets long enough my hair is 3a when it's shoulder length and more a mix with 2c when it's down to my waist
This is so true, my daughter's hair is the same way
Length weighs down non coil hair a lot or just any curly hair that doesn't shrink a lot
There are clips I believe that weight down the hair strand to lessen shrinkage That could work with long/medium shrinking
Youre pretty